Gary Kjos
garykjos at gmail.com
Wed Feb 20 17:03:44 CST 2013
Hi Jim, Ahhh I see what you mean. Oh certainly, it could go anyplace and connect either wirelessly or by hard wire cable. But do I want to go into some corner someplace when I want to rip more CD's? No. And I am using this PC connected to the big TV to browse the web from time to time and can play PC games on it using the Big TV as it's monitor. So keeping A PC in proximity to the TV is important to me. Now could the files be someplace else? Sure I guess. But I run a fairly distributed computing environment at my house. The Receiver does see the other systems that have shared drives. GK On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 4:11 PM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote: > Hi Gary: > > You should be able to move the PC to anywhere in your house and either > through a network LAN or Wi-Fi connection stream internet or PC/Server data, > video, photos and music to your TV. Once your computer can be placed > somewhere else, end of fan noise. > > Have you checked out PS3 media server (http://www.ps3mediaserver.org/)? The > cost is very reasonable. > > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 11:57 AM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] OT: A big day > > Hi Jim, > > I really don' t need a laptop I don't think. This PC is connected to a > 65 inch DLP TV in addition to the previously mentioned Yamaha RX-A2020 > A/V receiver. The receiver does the Digital to Audio conversion so > there is no sound card involved on the PC side, it talks to the > receiver via ethernet. Video from current PC to the TV is via HDMI at > 1080p which is all the TV can handle resolution wise. > > The current PC lives in an audio rack to the right of the 65 inch TV > along with a UPS for the entire system an Gigabit Ethernet Switch and > a few older and mostly currently not connected to anything components > like a VHS VCR, and Cassette Tape recorder and a broken CD player. A > matching audio rack on the left side of the TV has (top to bottom) > Cable Box, Blue Ray Player, DVD changer, CD changer, A/V receiver, Old > AV receiver (not currently connected to anything) and at the bottom a > turntable also not currently connected but planned to connect > eventually. > > Here is one of the cases I was looking at > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811163195 > > or this one > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811204037 > > > But again, doing nothing isn't killing me at this point either. It's > a want more than a need. > > GK > > > > > On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote: >> Hi Gary: >> >> Just a note. The better new laptops have more cores, better ventilation, >> separate RAM for audio and video. This helps stop the CPUs from over > heating >> so the fans are not always cutting in. Some of the new computers don't > even >> have fans but that just shortens the life of product considerably as they >> are always over-heating. The only downside is that a good laptop starts at >> about $800.00. ...of course the audio and video is superior. >> >> Jim >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos >> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 9:11 AM >> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues >> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] OT: A big day >> >> Hi Gustav, >> >> Yes Lossless will take up a lot of space but the price of disk has >> come down over the years. I've only got about 500 CD's and maybe 400 >> vinyl disks in my collection. But many of my favorite vinyl disks I >> also have in CD form. I have digitized a few of the LP's I couldn't >> find on CD and while it's better than not having them in digital form, >> it is pretty time consuming and takes a fair amount of effort. So I've >> not done a wholesale import on the vinyl. I've got a single terabyte >> drive I've dedicated to the music and that seems to have plenty of >> space for what I need for the foreseeable future. My biggest concern >> right now is that the PC I use for storing the music is making too >> much noise. I'm not sure if it's the power supply fan or the main case >> fan but it's making more sound than i like. It's a 2004 vintage Dell >> Dimension and so isn't the fastest machine either although that really >> doesn't hinder anything excepting the boot time for the most part. So >> I am currently researching parts to build a new system that will be >> quieter. I've seen a couple cases that have the look of other stereo >> equipment and may go that route. >> >> All it takes is time and money. Both are hard to come by though. >> Once we get through the winter here, time in particular becomes real >> problem for me. >> >> GK >> >> On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 9:59 AM, Gustav Brock <gustav at cactus.dk> wrote: >>> Hi Gary >>> >>> To me the distribution is an upcoming project to which no obvious > solution >>> exists. For recording I've used the WMA format in its lossless setting > and >>> that works quite well but consumes an awful lot of disk space. Ripping > all >>> my CDs, not to say my LPs, would be quite expensive. So it is not in the >>> near future. >>> >>> /gustav >>> >>> -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- >>> Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >>> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Gary Kjos >>> Sendt: 20. februar 2013 15:47 >>> Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues >>> Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] OT: A big day >>> >>> Congratulations! I'm jealous. So nice to have a system that you can play >> at >>> any volume level and not need to wonder about distortion or what is being >>> left out due to sampling constraints etc. I recently bought a new > receiver >>> which has networking built in and so could listen to the music on my > PC's. >> I >>> hadn't bought in to the MP3s are noticeably degraded idea and so thought >> all >>> would be well and good as I had enjoyed these same tunes via my iPOD and >>> from memory stick in my vehicle without noticing significant loss of >>> quality. When I listened to them on the Big System though I certainly >>> noticed! So I've since reconverted all my CD's to WAV and am in the >> process >>> of doing them again another time using iTUNES Lossless format for playing >>> via iTUNES Airplay which I like for it's random play capability and have >>> been enjoying the music as it was intended to be heard again. >>> >>> Enjoy your new speakers! >>> >>> GK >>> >>> On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Gustav Brock <gustav at cactus.dk> wrote: >>>> Hi all >>>> >>>> More than 30 years ago when in the audio business, two of our clients >>>> - audio-visual producers - asked for new top-notch monitor speakers >>>> for their studios. We toured several suppliers listening to the >>>> well-known brands, quite expensive, and then we stopped by at Technics >>>> as they had gained much attention due to a major lift in quality. >>>> That settled it. I still recall how we listened carefully to our >>>> selection of "difficult" music but our real test was the reproduction >>>> of high-quality recorded human voice which is far more difficult to >>>> reproduce than most are aware of. There was no doubt - the SB-7000 >>>> speakers with the phase-correcting speaker alignment were convincing >>>> and the price couldn't be >>>> matched: >>>> >>>> http://www.thevintageknob.org/technics-SB-7000.html >>>> >>>> At that time I neither had the money nor the space for such speakers >>>> but ever since I've dreamed of obtaining a set of these. By pure >>>> accident, Saturday I browsed a local second-hand site, and there they >>>> were, right in front of me on the screen, at a bargain price - and I >>>> have the room. Through the years I have struggled with some compact >>>> wife-friendly speakers - very good of course, but still - nothing >>>> beats a 15" high-quality speaker (except an 18" but they are so rare). >>>> >>>> Now, this set could really be anything - burned out units or >>>> misbehaved in many ways. So I had to go and listen: I brought some >>>> music that can bring down most systems and reveal any sort of >>>> misbehaviour: Chick Corea, My Spanish Heart, and Miles Davis, Tutu, on >> CD: >>>> >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Spanish_Heart >>>> >>>> It was like coming home! They reproduced perfectly and exactly like I >>>> had imagined with the transparent and completely neutral sound I >>> remembered. >>>> They've two owners only, and no disco youngster had succeeded >>>> destroying them. >>>> So, today I picked them up and can hardly wait to get home and power >>>> them up. Should this day come? From time to time I thought No and >> resigned >>> ... >>>> but today: Yes. >>>> >>>> Through the years I've kept (some sort of intuition or instinct?) this >>>> bright Sony amplifier to power them: >>>> >>>> http://www.thevintageknob.org/sony-TA-N86B.html >>>> >>>> Though I have quite decent equipment to feed this, I might be looking >>>> for the matching preamp: >>>> >>>> http://www.thevintageknob.org/sony-TA-E88B.html >>>> >>>> But that's another story. >>>> >>>> /gustav >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> dba-Tech mailing list >>> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >>> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >>> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> >> >> -- >> Gary Kjos >> garykjos at gmail.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > -- > Gary Kjos > garykjos at gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com